You probably already know that you can improve your promotional platform and/or sell more books if: * You post questions/comments on other people’s websites or blogs * You get other people talking about you and your...
When editors and critiquers first started reading through my precious manuscripts, I got a lot of “Show, don’t tell,” scrawled across my pages in blood-red ink. And of course, I thought, What the h@#l. What does “Show don’t tell” mean? No one explained it precisely, they all expected me to glean the meaning from the insufficient information they didn’t bother to offer me.
Build Compelling Characters Our job as novelists is to create characters that our readers love. Or love to hate. Or want to be. Or want to jump into bed with. Our characters need to...
I cheer and whoop and holler for other writers’ success; and when I do, I mean it. I genuinely mean it. But I find myself constantly comparing myself to others and how they are doing. Social media doesn’t help with that. Knowing how many followers and likes and comments etc that others have can give me a false sense of triumph and needless disappointment.
The way it works is that whenever anyone sees a tweet containing a product on Amazon and wants to purchase they simply reply and type the hashtag #AmazonCart and the product is automatically and seamlessly added to their shopping cart on their Amazon account.
“Getting Started with my Novel is So Hard” As an author’s coach, I hear this all the time. I know how you feel. I’ll tell you a little secret. The secret to getting started...
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by Beth Barany · Published June 4, 2014 · Last modified June 3, 2014
Next Week — Interview with an Expert in Getting a Literary Agent Hello! I’m excited to invite you to join me next week for a very special event. I’m going to be interviewing a...
Today I’ll be a guest at the Book Marketing Challenge. My post on “How to Run a Blog Tour for Fiction Writers” is here: http://buildabusinesswithyourbook.com/how-to-run-a-blog-tour-for-fiction-writers-by-beth-barany/. If you want a fr*e pass to ALL the 40+ interviews, including...
My second video rant/share, in which I welcome you (all of us) to the human family and do more revealing.
First attempt at posting my video rant… in which I share about my hands, actually show them, and say, “Stop that.” 🙂
The life-long journey of thinking, discovering, imagining, creating, evolving, and challenging yourself as a person and a writer, colors and enriches our experiences, and also our writing
May 29, 2014 Hello my friends! My newsletter service is glitching so I’m sharing my newsletter here! Here we focus on creating fiction and sharing it with the world, because when we travel into...
As I grew older I learned to control my visibility – I was visible and outspoken at school, when I knew it would be most valued. But I was never visible when it really mattered – in relationships or in my writing. Being invisible kept me safe. Being invisible kept me safe from criticism and rejection.
Alex B. for his college Composition 1 class asked me these questions on how to become an author. Thanks Alex! Hope you get a good grade on your paper! 1. How can you become...
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